Cannot create new c++ project. Engine 4.26.2

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I had the same or a similar problem (Linux Debian 11), and found in various places that others encountered it, too. Seems to be the editor/project manager not reading its environment correctly and thus cant find its components.

UE editor closes when creating new C++ project

So, I’m still stuck at the very beginning. After investing another day cloning the repository, downloading and compiling the engine, creating projects which every time takes a few minutes, I still can’t create a C++ project. This Debian Linux 11, current release Unreal Engine 4.26.2, NullCodeAccessor configured. Creating a bueprint project is no problem, but when I try to create a C++ project it goes through indexing project files 5 or 6 times, then opens a file manager and closes the editor. I…

Couldn’t solve it in reasonable time.

Epic should deliver a simple C++ code editor built into the engine, doesn’t have to be big thing, or at least they could document the setup, what configuration OS-wise has to happen prior to starting a new project or, if that exists in some data vault, link to it on the tutorial pages.